2020 Annual Fire Safety & Security Report Table of Contents The Clery Act ................................................................................................................................................................ 2 Important Numbers ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 Preparation and Disclosure of Crime Statistics ........................................................................................................... 3 Daily Crime Log and Fire Log ........................................................................................................................................ 4 Dominican College Security Policies and Procedures ................................................................................................. 4 Annual Fire Safety Report ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Dominican College Facilities Name and Addresses ..................................................................................................... 6 Fire Safety ..................................................................................................................................................................... 7 Emergency Evacuation Drill ....................................................................................................................................... 13 Emergency Response Framework ............................................................................................................................. 14 Notification to the College Community about an Immediate Threat ...................................................................... 15 Sexual Misconduct Policy ........................................................................................................................................... 19 I. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................... 19 II. Prohibited Conduct ........................................................................................................................................ 19 III. Students’ Bill of Rights ................................................................................................................................... 20 IV. Amnesty Provision ......................................................................................................................................... 21 V. The Importance of Preserving Evidence ........................................................................................................ 21 VI. Reporting a Potential Policy Violation .......................................................................................................... 21 VII. Procedures for Determining Whether This Policy Has Been Violated ......................................................... 22 VIII. Transcript Notations ...................................................................................................................................... 25 IX. On-Campus Resources ................................................................................................................................... 25 X. Off-Campus Resources ................................................................................................................................... 26 XI. Definitions ...................................................................................................................................................... 27 What to Do If You or Your Friend Were Sexually Assaulted ..................................................................................... 28 Assistance for Victims: Rights and Options ............................................................................................................... 29 How to be an active bystander .................................................................................................................................. 29 Risk Reduction ............................................................................................................................................................ 30 Disciplinary Procedures (other than sexual offenses) .............................................................................................. 31 Incident Reporting, Emergency or Safety Concern ................................................................................................... 32 Sex Offender Registration .......................................................................................................................................... 34 Campus Law Enforcement Policy ............................................................................................................................... 35 Policy Statement Addressing Counselors .................................................................................................................. 36 Missing Persons .......................................................................................................................................................... 36 Prevention and Education Services Programs .......................................................................................................... 37 Drug Free Campus ...................................................................................................................................................... 39 Campus Crime Statistics ............................................................................................................................................. 41 Security Do’s and Don’ts ............................................................................................................................................ 44 Dominican College Policies on Alcohol and Other Drugs ......................................................................................... 44 Discrimination Policy ................................................................................................................................................. 46 General Security Related Regulations ....................................................................................................................... 46 Parking and Traffic ..................................................................................................................................................... 46 Dominican College Campus Map ............................................................................................................................... 52 Clery Definition .......................................................................................................................................................... 53 New York State Penal Law Definitions ...................................................................................................................... 55 1 The Clery Act The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, more commonly known as the Clery Act and the Violence Against Women Act of 2013, requires an institution to prepare an annual security report reflecting its current policies that contains, at a minimum, the following information: • Publish an annual report every year by October 1 that contains three years of campus crime and fire safety statistics and certain campus security policy statements; • Disclose crime statistics for the campus, public property, and certain noncampus buildings or properties. The statistics must be gathered from campus police or security, local law enforcement, and other University officials who have “significant responsibility for student and campus activities”; • Provide “timely warning” notices for any Clery Act crime that represents an ongoing threat to the safety of students or employees; • Issue an emergency notification upon the confirmation of a significant emergency or dangerous situation involving an immediate threat to the health or safety of students or employees occurring on the campus; • Disclose in a public crime log “any crime that occurred on campus…or within the patrol jurisdiction of the campus police or the campus security department and is reported to the campus police or security department”; • Maintain in a public fire log a record of any fire that occurred in an on-campus student housing facility. • Disclose missing student notification procedures that pertain to students residing in an on-campus student housing facility • Disclose fire safety information related to an on-campus student housing facility. • Provide educational programs and campaigns to promote the awareness of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking; provide primary prevention and awareness programs to all incoming students and new employees; and provide ongoing prevention and awareness campaigns for students and employees. • Disclose procedures for institutional disciplinary action in cases of dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The Higher Education Opportunity Act and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (The Clery Act) requires higher education institutions to collect, report and disseminate reported crime data and information and fire statistics to the campus community,